Revolution from Abroad: The Soviet Conquest of Poland's Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia - Expanded Edition

Jan T. Gross

Published by Princeton University Press 1988

Revolution from Abroad

The Soviet Conquest of Poland's Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia - Expanded Edition

Jan T. Gross

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400828388

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About this book

Jan Gross describes the terrors of the Soviet occupation of the lands that made up eastern Poland between the two world wars: the Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia. His lucid analysis of the revolution that came to Poland from abroad is based on hundreds of first-hand accounts of the hardship, suffering, and social chaos that accompanied the Sovietization of this poorest section of a poverty-stricken country. Woven into the author's exploration of events from the Soviet's German-supported aggression against Poland in September of 1939 to Germany's attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941, these testimonies not only illuminate his conclusions about the nature of totalitarianism but also make a powerful statement of their own. Those who endured the imposition of Soviet rule and mass deportations to forced resettlement, labor camps, and prisons of the Soviet Union are here allowed to speak for themselves, and they do so with grim effectiveness.

Author / Editor information

Jan T. Gross is Professor of Politics and European Studies at New York University. He is the author of, among other books, Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland, which was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award, and a coeditor of The Politics of Retribution in Europe: World War II and Its Aftermath (both Princeton).

Reviews

"[This] work is most welcome. . . . [A] detailed and fascinating case study. . . . [It] should be read by all students of Soviet history, sociology, and government."---Anna M. Cienciala, American Historical Review

"The detailed personal testimony on the killings, incarcerations, and deportations, and on Soviet policy in action is . . . convincing as well as dramatic and chilling."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
PREFACE TO THE EXPANDED EDITION Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
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INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I SEIZURE
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PART TWO. CONFINEMENTS
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